The city will receive several million dollars from closing out its health-insurance trust fund sometime in the coming months, and Lynch said he plans to put that money in the trust fund the Council voted to establish.

The city is unwinding its health-insurance trust fund because it joined the state's Group Insurance Commission last year after previously being self-insured. The move to the GIC is also expected to decrease the city's unfunded retiree health-care liability.

In other business Tuesday, the Council:

* Voted, at the request of Rita Mercier, to resend to the state Legislature a home-rule petition that aims to lower the voting age to 17 for city elections.

* Voted to approve a request for a member of the city's crime-analysis unit to attend the "Advanced Investigative Analysis -- Assessing Threats of Targeted Violence" event in Delray, Fla., from March 4 to March 8.

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* Voted to approve a request for seven police officers to attend President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C., later this month. Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council requested the representatives and will pay for the trip.

* Voted to incur liability and make expenditures in excess of available appropriations for snow and ice removal this fiscal year.

* Authorized Lynch to execute a memorandum of understanding between the city and the Lowell Regional Water and Wastewater Utility Professional Group (SEIU Local 88) for the period covering July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2012.

* Voted to transfer $16,000 for the purchase of MUNIS Animal Licensing Software.

* Voted to return to regular meetings at the end of every month and have oversight meetings with one of the three employees it oversees before the regular meetings begin.

* Approved Mercier's motion requesting Lynch provide an update on the Lowell Regional Water Utility in a future executive-session meeting.

* Approved Mercier's motion requesting the City Council recognize Lynne Brown Zounes and her new business, New England Adult Day Health Center, at the next City Council meeting.

* Approved Joseph Mendonca's motion requesting Lynch provide a plan to address "Unaccepted Streets," naming the streets, and mileage to be addressed in the current fiscal year and each of the next five fiscal years.

* Approved Bill Martin's motion requesting Lynch have the proper department take measures to publicize the availability of flu shots.

* Approved John Leahy's motion requesting the City Council set a date to discuss the Master Plan either in a subcommittee or special meeting during January.

* Approved Marty Lorrey's motion requesting the City Council vote to dedicate the community park and garden on Whiting Street in honor of Wilfred Levasseur, the founder of Cote's Market.

* Approved Lorrey's motion requesting the City Council support the past and continuing efforts of the city's Statehouse delegation in modifying MGL Ch. 30B, particularly as it relates to efforts of selecting Massachusetts bidders over out-of-state bidders.

* Approved Lorrey's motion requesting the City Council request that the city's Statehouse delegation file legislation to amend the Victim's Rights Act so that municipalities may be legally recognized by the courts as a victim during plea and sentencing proceedings.

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